OBJECTIVE To document the relationship between discrepancies in mother and adolescent perceptions of diabetes-related decision-making autonomy, diabetes-related conflict, and regimen adherence. METHODS The sample was composed of 82 mother-adolescent dyads. Measures included adolescent and mother reports of diabetes-related decision-making autonomy, diabetes-related conflict, and regimen adher...

he medication regimen of the chronic diseases demands long term drugs administration and following up. It is well known that the treatment failure caused by poor medication adherence leads to frequent re-hospitalizations, poor outcome of the disease and increased health care costs. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), non-adherence to the medical regimen consists a major clinical p...

BACKGROUND To investigate adherence and patient-specific factors associated with poor compliance with osteoporosis regimens among men. METHODS In this retrospective chart review study, we collected data on male patients with osteoporosis treated in accordance with therapeutic recommendations. Adherence was determined by the compliance and persistence of those patients who had been dispensed a...

Non-adherence to treatment is an increasing problem for patients with end stage renal disease under haemodialysis.Aim: This study aimed to review the basic literature mentioned to the correlation between haemodialysis patient demographic characteristics and non-adherence to their treatment regimen.Method: Studies written in English published in 2002-2013 were identified through PubMed, PubMed C...

BACKGROUND Although a majority of patients with hypertension require a multidrug therapy, this is rarely considered when measuring adherence from refill data. Moreover, investigating the association between refill non-adherence to antihypertensive therapy (AHT) and elevated blood pressure (BP) has been advocated. OBJECTIVE Identify factors associated with non-adherence to AHT, considering the...

BACKGROUND Induction-maintenance therapy is a treatment regime where patients are prescribed an intense course of treatment for a short period of time (the induction phase), followed by a simplified long-term regimen (maintenance). Since induction therapy has a significantly higher chance of pill fatigue than maintenance therapy, patients might take drug holidays during this period. Without gui...